Joey deVilla

The U.S. isn’t the only country with jus soli, a.k.a. birthright citizenship

Just about every country in the Americas offers birthright citizenship, a.k.a. jus soli. A certain president* who had trouble disavowing…

8 years ago

Reading list for Tuesday, October 30, 2018: A whole lotta belt-tightening goin’ on (or: Something’s up)

Credit-Card Spending Limits in the Crosshairs as Issuers Grow Cautious From the Wall Street Journal: Capital One Financial Corp. and Discover Financial Services…

8 years ago

“But **I’M** the victim here!!!”

Click to see the historical cluelessness at full size. If you and your kid are going to dress up at…

8 years ago

The poem we need right now: “Good Bones” by Maggie Smith

Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a thousand…

8 years ago

“Vanilla ISIS” or “TEAliban”. We should give them a name that’ll stick.

CNN has summed it up succinctly: 72 hours in America: Three hate-filled crimes. Three hate-filled suspects. Isn’t it time we…

8 years ago

Reading list for Saturday, October 28, 2018: Late-stage capitalism

World's billionaires became 20% richer in 2017, report reveals From The Guardian: Billionaires made more money in 2017 than in…

8 years ago